besto
Esperanto
Etymology
From German Bestie, Italian bestia, Latin bestia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbesto/
- Hyphenation: bes‧to
- Rhymes: -esto
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Noun
besto (accusative singular beston, plural bestoj, accusative plural bestojn)
- animal
- Synonym: animalo
- nonhuman animal
- beast
Usage notes
Since the very beginning of Esperanto, besto has meant any member of the animal kingdom, including humans. However, because many Esperanto speakers interpret it as meaning "non-human animal", animalo was coined to explicitly mean any animal including humans.
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Alternative forms
- bestod
Verb
besto
- simple past of bestå